Category Archives: WJTV
Jackson man pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Jackson man pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, Anthony Craig Myrick, 45, of Jackson, opened an accoun...
Oct 18, 2023
$8 million to help fund Clinton development project near Mississippi College
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) - An additional $8 million in state funding will help with development projects in the City of Clinton near Mississippi College. Before Thanksgiving, officials with the college a...
Oct 18, 2023
Mississippi reports 33 human cases of West Nile Virus
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Thirty-three human cases of the West Nile Virus (WNV) have been reported in Mississippi in 2023. A report from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) showe...
Oct 18, 2023
System likely to form in the next day or so, NHC says
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - With just six weeks left in hurricane season, the tropics may be quieting down, but they are still churning out storms. A disturbance in the Atlantic is likely to become the next ...
Oct 18, 2023
Watch live: House floor
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) suffered another loss in the Speaker's race Wednesday, failing to win the gavel on a second ballot of voting after a growing number of Republican...
Oct 18, 2023
Joran van der Sloot admits to killing Natalee Holloway in wire fraud, extortion plea
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - After years of questions, Joran van der Sloot finally gave some answers. Van der Sloot, the 36-year-old Dutch man the world came to know as the main suspect in the death and ...
Oct 18, 2023
Biden says Gaza hospital blast 'appears as though it was done by the other team', not Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - President Joe Biden opened his visit to Israel on Wednesday vowing to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with the Jewish people and offering an assessment that t...
Oct 18, 2023
What’s changed — and what hasn’t — a year after Mississippi capital’s water crisis?
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Water is flowing again to nearly all of Mississippi's capital city. It's a stark contrast from a year ago, when Jackson's 150,000 residents could never be sure what, if anyt...
Oct 17, 2023
Reeves accuses Presley of campaign finance violations
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) doubled down on his corruption claims against Democratic candidate Brandon Presley, even amidst his own legal challenges. A recent ad by the Tate...
Oct 17, 2023
Hinds County supervisors want Jackson Zoo to move
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Two Hinds County supervisors explained why they believe the Jackson Zoo should find a new location. During Monday's Hinds County Board of Supervisors meeting, the zoo was on th...
Oct 17, 2023